Strathclyde

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Pension Fund (LBHF) has invested £30m in a Man Group housing fund.

Strathclyde Pension Fund has appointed Northern Trust for the fourth consecutive term to hands its securities lending, global custody, cash management and foreign exchange investments.

The £11.5bn Strathclyde pension fund is set to hire an in-house asset manager in a bid to "sharpen" its local investment portfolio.

Strathclyde Pension Fund has forced a shareholder meeting at Lochard Energy in a bid to oust two of the group's directors.

Local authority pension funds offer the best prospects for kick starting a nationwide house building initiative to solve the UK's house shortage, a think tank says.

An influential group of UK pension funds have written to the Financial Reporting Council supporting the Stewardship Code for investors.

The £9.6bn Strathclyde Pension Fund has begun talks with council leaders and officers over the possibility of amalgamating the 11 Scottish local authority schemes.

Glasgow City Council has re-appointed Hymans Robertson as investment adviser to the £9.5bn Strathclyde Pension Fund.

The £9.6bn Strathclyde Pension Fund could become the dedicated pension fund for Scotland, head of pensions Richard McIndoe says.

Disappointing returns from active managers sparked an overhaul of investment strategy at the £9.6bn Strathclyde Pension Fund, delegates heard.